Undue Definition

ŭn-do͝o, -dyo͝o
adjective
Not yet due or payable, as a debt.
Webster's New World
Not appropriate or suitable; improper.
Webster's New World
Not just, proper, or legal.
Undue use of force.
American Heritage
Excessive; immoderate.
Webster's New World

That which ought not to be done; illegal; unjustified.

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Origin of Undue

  • From un- +"Ž due

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Undue Sentence Examples

  • He gave undue attention to the road.

  • He was entirely free from pride and undue self-assertion.

  • Carmen shot a glance at Alex, who was giving his meal undue attention.

  • Undue stress is often laid on the fact that Lingula has come down to us apparently unchanged since Cambrian times, whilst Crania, and forms very closely resembling Discina and Rhynchonella, are found from the Ordovician strata onwards.

  • By undue pressure he secured a decision of the judges, in the test case of Godden v.

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